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What are Australia's global connections?
What special connections does Australia have with other countries?
What special connections does Australia have with other countries?
LI: WALT investigate some of the connections Australia has with other countries of the world and understand how and why global connections can be classified, e.g. in terms of tourism, aid, trade, location, events.
LI: WALT investigate some of the connections Australia has with other countries of the world and understand how and why global connections can be classified, e.g. in terms of tourism, aid, trade, location, events.
Task 1: Antarctica
Task 1: Antarctica
Watch the video about the East Antarctic marine protected area, showcasing the environment of the Antarctic region, including animals and landscapes.
As you are watching the video, write down what you saw in the video.
Look at the NASA image below of Earth's city lights.
What do you notice about Antarctica?
What do you think this means?
Look at the maps of Antarctica below. Countries around the world have territorial claims to Antarctica.
List down the countries that have territorial claims to Antarctica.
What does territorial claims mean?
Task 2: Australia and Antarctica
Task 2: Australia and Antarctica
Australia and other countries are co-operating in the management of Antarctica. You will be getting into groups of 3 to read an article of how these countries have been managing Antarctica. Write down some key points from the article and write a summary from your key points.
Choose an article from the options below
Once you have completed your summary, you will then make a new group of 3 to share your summary with each other. Everyone in the group should have read a different article for this task.
Task 3: Groups that Australia belong to
Task 3: Groups that Australia belong to
These are acronyms for some groups that Australia belongs to:
G20 WTO ASEAN APEC IORA ASEM OECD FEALAC
Spin the wheel to select one of the groups to research and record what they do as a group. Once you have completed your short description of what the group does, share it with someone who had a different group.
TRADE
TRADE
Task 1: Trade Partners
Task 1: Trade Partners
One of the ways that Australia connects with other countries is by trading. Australia has some of the richest minerals in the world, along with world class commodities such as wool, wheat and meat. Trading with other countries means we can sell (export) our produce, creating more jobs in mining, farming, manufacturing and transport. By setting up good connections with trading partners around the world, it also means we can buy (import) things we can’t produce easily in Australia.
Click on the map above to view the interactive map of Australia's top 10 trading partners.
Hover over each of the 10 countries to find out their total trade in AUD, including the exports and imports.
Click on the image below to match each flag to the total trade amount.
Task 2: Trade investigation
Task 2: Trade investigation
Choose one country (trading partner) and gather information about the types of goods we import and export to and from that country. Create a Google Slide with the following information:
What goods do we import?
What goods do we export?
Why do you think the trade connections with this country are important to Australia?
What would happen if this trade connection was lost?
What questions do you have about the connection with this country?
Tourism
Tourism
Task 1: Chalk Talk - Jamboard
Task 1: Chalk Talk - Jamboard
How the Chalk Talk works:
Students get into groups of 3 or 4 (one leader who will be adding responses on behalf of their group)
Groups will visit each page at a time for 2 minutes each.
Each member of the group silently reads and responds to the question on the page simultaneously.
As other people begin to respond, think about:
Does an idea need to be elaborated further? Add an elaboration to an idea by drawing a line off it and adding your thought.
Does this idea have a connection to your idea? If so, how? Add your connection by drawing a line to your idea and writing how they connect on the connecting line you drew.
Do you agree with and support the idea of another person? If so, why? Add a tick to show you agree and explain why you agree with this idea.
After all groups have vistited all the prompts, return to the starting prompt and as a class discuss the ideas written on the page and highlight the big ideas or most important ideas that address the question on the page.
Once students have completed the chalk talk, students can write a brief summary about tourism using the key ideas highlighted.
Task 2: Australians travel to...
Task 2: Australians travel to...
The countries coloured black on the map above are the main destinations that Australians travel to.
Label the 7 countries with their names.
Find out which one is the main travel destination for Australians and circle it in red.
Why do you think this is the most popular place to visit?
How does travelling to places overseas help to build connections between Australia and other countries?
What are the impacts of tourism on Australia or other countries?
AID
AID
Task 1: Good Global Citizens
Task 1: Good Global Citizens
Both 40K Globe and The Two Wolves Abroad are groups of Australians who volunteer to provide help in less fortunate places in other countries.
Watch the 2 short videos as a whole class.
Choose one of the groups to conduct research about.
Start by writing questions about what you would like to discover in your workbook.
Click on 1 of the images to take you to their website to start your research.
Create an infographic to present your findings.
40K GlobE
40K GlobE
TWO WOLVES ABROAD
TWO WOLVES ABROAD
Task 2: 40K Globe and Bangalore
Task 2: 40K Globe and Bangalore
Look at the supplied images of Bangalore, where 40K Globe carries out their work.
Vocabulary: aerial photograph, photograph, illustration, topographical, small scale, satellite image.
Match the correct label for each one For each image, write one thing you can learn about Bangalore.
For each image, write one thing you can learn about Bangalore.
Task 3: NGOs of Government
Task 3: NGOs of Government
Your task is to find out if each organisation is a NGO or a government organisation. Once you have written what type of organisation they each are, you will need to write a brief description of what aid they provide.
Australia provides aid to other countries in several ways.
The Australian Government uses some of the money from tax payers to directly support countries in need. This is called bilateral aid and includes the Australian Defence Force work overseas (Army, Navy, Air Force). Multilateral aid is where the Australian government gives money to organisations like the United Nations, to support them in their international aid work.
Non-government organisations (NGOs) are set up independently from the government and rely on public donations to carry out their aid work.
The Olympics
The Olympics
Task 1: The Olympic Games
Task 1: The Olympic Games
Watch the video below about the Olympic games. Jot down things that you find interesting, important or meaningful.
Circle or highlight the 3 things that stand out most for you.
Find out what the core values of the Olympics are. How does this video support these values?
Task 3: Olympic Moments
Task 3: Olympic Moments
There have been many controversial Olympic moments over the years. Choose one of the ones listed below and conduct your own research into what happened.
Ben Johnson. 1988.
Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. 1994.
South Africa. 1964–1988.
USA and Russia. 1980 and 1984.
Stephen Bradbury. 2002.
In groups of 3 or 4, create a google slide to explain what happened and present it to the class.
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